Cell structural modifications in insects at low temperatures

Low Temperature Biology of Insects

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 116-140

  Koštál, Vladimír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511675997.006     Document Type: Chapter

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